Book Launch: “Finding Cornerstone Stories: Uncovering Inspiration in Your Family’s History”
Friday, October 16, 5:00 to 6:30 pm American Ancestors’ Family Heritage Experience, 97 Newbury Street, Boston, and online (hybrid event) Admission is free; registration will be posted soon at AmericanAncestors.org/events […]
The Hands That Built The White House: A Family Learns Its Hidden History
Ahead of America’s 250th birthday, a genealogical breakthrough connects a mother and daughter to an enslaved ancestor who helped raise the nation’s most famous address ESSENCE.com – Ashley Swain was […]
Workshop Empowers Virgin Islands Teachers to Connect Students With Their Heritage
ST THOMAS SOURCE.com – Educators from across the U.S. Virgin Islands gathered on St. Croix earlier this month for a dynamic professional development workshop aimed at transforming the way history […]
A Roxbury man found a document that revealed a new chapter in his family history. He had no idea how rare it was.
THE BOSTON GLOBE – Aaron Haynes gets choked up when he thinks about what the faded piece of parchment represents: a lineage spanning three centuries, and most importantly, his ancestor’s […]
American Ancestors Spotlights ‘Patriots of Color’ as Boston Marks 250 Years
Groundbreaking exhibition elevates Black and Native Revolutionary lives and the living descendant families reclaiming them today McGRATHPR.com – In observance of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, American Ancestors’ […]
Cleaning out his mom’s house, Boston man finds his ancestor’s freedom papers
Researchers in Boston are diving deep into his family tree to connect the missing links WCVB Ch. 5 Boston – Anne Arundel County, Maryland, was once home to a man […]
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Unveils First Officially Vetted List & Memorial Plaque of Boston Tea Party Participants
Partnership with American Ancestors® Produces Groundbreaking Research in Prep for America’s 250th and Expands Boston Tea Party Descendants Program® McGRATHPR.com – Today, on the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea […]
Boston exhibit features in-depth look at ancestry of Pope Leo XIV
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY – A Boston exhibit is inviting guests to explore Pope Leo XIV’s family tree in depth, spanning 14 generations of history tracing the pontiff’s connections to noblemen, […]
Boston exhibit highlights Pope Leo’s family tree
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER – Raymond Moore touched the screen on the large free-standing computer monitor, which led to a display showing a brief biographical sketch of a woman named Marie […]
Tracing Pope Leo’s Roots to Louisiana
WWLTV.com – When Pope Leo was chosen as the new pontiff, New Orleanians were proud to learn he had ties to the seventh ward. Watch to learn more . . […]
New Boston exhibit explores Pope Leo’s diverse family tree
PILOT CATHOLIC NEWS.com – Judge Raymond P. Moore discovered his fifth cousin was the pope at the same time everyone else did. The federal judge and Boston native was reading […]
Mass Appeal: Family Heritage Experience
Ch. 7 Boston – WHDH.com – Prepare to go way back! 7’s Polikseni Manxhari, and her mother, take us to Boston’s Back Bay where a new exhibit helping people discover […]